The F stands for FUN!

08/10/2009

Spill It

My Garrett and I are currently down for the count and could easily pass for bright green goo faucets, if there were such things.

I am not pregnant, at all, and I am more than okay with that.

I finished my teaching training, have decided on a different graduate school, and just started a new position at my job. And no, I HAVE NOT TAKEN ON TOO MUCH HELP ME PLEASE THE PRESSURE.

And Now:

Remember this post? About Carter's diagnosis? The one I think he is growing out of? Well here's a kick in the pants if I ever saw one: I may have to back off on the assertion that he is growing out of PDD-NOS. See? This is fun! As per my tagline!

In the last several weeks, my boy has seriously regressed and has started:

Stimming/scripting hard-core

Begun obsessing over some of his toys, beyond normal limits

Has punched/hit/kicked/bitten several teachers/kids/people

I am so bummed. That's what is so hard about PDD-NOS. Lots and lots of ups and downs. We were really on an upswing for awhile, so the fall is so much harder. Part of what is happening is that there has been little structure at his daycare over the summer, and he has been with a few teachers who just don't have the patience (or education, frankly) to be able to help Carter get through his struggles throughout the day.

Thankfully, the director is totally in Carter's corner, and is really supportive of the suggestions and criticisms that we so kindly force offer when shit goes down over there. We are super model parents. Anyway, she even called him gifted today, which is the first time
I have heard anyone from that school use that word. (He is gifted,
despite his challenges. Giftedness vs. PPD-NOS will be another post for
another day.)

I am so curious to see if his daycare life gets better once the summer is over and he is put in his "regular" classroom with more structure. He likes structure. He needs structure.

In Conclusion:

I think I am pretty much falling in love with my blog. The honeymoon stage is over, and I still want more. I am taking the bumps and quirks and THE INCESSANT TEETH SCRAPING and embracing it all. We're in this for the long haul, I think.